本書所有作者都是著名的C++權威人物。

Stanley B. Lippman目前是微軟公司 Visual C++ 團隊的架構師。他從1984年開始在貝爾實驗室與C++的設計者Bjarne Stroustrup一起從事C++的設計與開發。他在迪士尼和夢工廠從事動畫製作，還擔任過JPL的高級顧問。他還著有Inside the C++ Object Model。

Josée Lajoie曾經是IBM加拿大研究中心C/C++編譯器開發團隊的成員，在ISO C++標準委員會工作瞭7年，擔任過ISO核心語言工作組的主席和C++ Report雜誌的專欄作傢。

Barbara E. Moo是擁有25年軟件經驗的獨立谘詢顧問。在AT&T，她與Stroustrup、Lippman一起管理過復雜的C++開發項目。她和Andrew Koenig閤著瞭Accelerated C++和Ruminations on C++。

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